Re: how to convert SQL Server 2000 database to MySQL?

2003-07-26 Thread Karam Chand
Greetings

What you need is a tool called SQLyog ( it has the
best ODBC import utility in the market ). A very good
tutorial can be found at http://www.devshed.com in the
MySQL section.

Do tell me how was your experience?

Karam ( A satisfied user of SQLyog )

--- kumar mcmillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.
> First, you will be happy to know that I am migrating
> a client to 
> PHP/MySQL from ASP/MSSQL.  This is for reasons of
> future preservation, 
> cost, security, efficiency, et cetera.  The problem
> is, I don't 
> currently have a PC and $$ to run Windows 2000
> server on.  I have been 
> sent the MDF and LDF database files by the client...
>  Does someone know 
> of a way to convert those files to SQL without
> running Windows to do 
> it?  If not, is there an SQL-like format that SQL
> Server will save as 
> that I can request from the client?  Or is there
> an application 
> (Windows or anything) that someone can recommend to
> make this 
> conversion?  I should point out that this is a
> simple database with no 
> stored procedures or anything fancy.
> 
> thanks for taking the time to read this,
> Kumar
> 
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Re: how to convert SQL Server 2000 database to MySQL?

2003-07-26 Thread Martin Gainty
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/21/index2a_page6.html?tw=programming

An example of PHP reading MySQL DB

Hth,
Martin
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From: "kumar mcmillan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Hi.
> First, you will be happy to know that I am migrating a client to 
> PHP/MySQL from ASP/MSSQL.  This is for reasons of future preservation, 
> cost, security, efficiency, et cetera.  The problem is, I don't 
> currently have a PC and $$ to run Windows 2000 server on.  I have been 
> sent the MDF and LDF database files by the client...  Does someone know 
> of a way to convert those files to SQL without running Windows to do 
> it?  If not, is there an SQL-like format that SQL Server will save as 
> that I can request from the client?  Or is there an application 
> (Windows or anything) that someone can recommend to make this 
> conversion?  I should point out that this is a simple database with no 
> stored procedures or anything fancy.
> 
> thanks for taking the time to read this,
> Kumar
> 
> 
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Re: how to convert SQL Server 2000 database to MySQL?

2003-07-26 Thread Pete McNeil
At 05:43 PM 7/26/2003 -0500, kumar mcmillan wrote:
Hi.
First, you will be happy to know that I am migrating a client to PHP/MySQL 
from ASP/MSSQL.  This is for reasons of future preservation, cost, 
security, efficiency, et cetera.  The problem is, I don't currently have a 
PC and $$ to run Windows 2000 server on.  I have been sent the MDF and LDF 
database files by the client...  Does someone know of a way to convert 
those files to SQL without running Windows to do it?  If not, is there an 
SQL-like format that SQL Server will save as that I can request from the 
client?  Or is there an application (Windows or anything) that someone 
can recommend to make this conversion?  I should point out that this is a 
simple database with no stored procedures or anything fancy.

thanks for taking the time to read this,
Kumar
Have them export the tables as CSV files. You can then easily import them 
into MySQL. You will also want them to generate SQL scripts for each table 
so that you can see the MS-SQL that it takes to create those tables - this 
will give you the types and names of the columns... (CSV files can be 
generated to give you the names on the first line, but not the type).

You _should_ be able to find compatible types for each column in order to 
import the data into MySQL. You _may_ need to do some scripting to convert 
things like date/time stamps from MS-SQL to MySQL... and you will need to 
pay attention to differences in functinality.

This should get you started.

Hope this helps,
_M
Pete McNeil (Madscientist)



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how to convert SQL Server 2000 database to MySQL?

2003-07-26 Thread kumar mcmillan
Hi.
First, you will be happy to know that I am migrating a client to 
PHP/MySQL from ASP/MSSQL.  This is for reasons of future preservation, 
cost, security, efficiency, et cetera.  The problem is, I don't 
currently have a PC and $$ to run Windows 2000 server on.  I have been 
sent the MDF and LDF database files by the client...  Does someone know 
of a way to convert those files to SQL without running Windows to do 
it?  If not, is there an SQL-like format that SQL Server will save as 
that I can request from the client?  Or is there an application 
(Windows or anything) that someone can recommend to make this 
conversion?  I should point out that this is a simple database with no 
stored procedures or anything fancy.

thanks for taking the time to read this,
Kumar
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